7/29 Of course, one could not expect from a person like her the same decorum that was natural to you and me in our girlhood. I do not believe you and William ever so much as looked at one another before you were engaged." A faint light, half tearful, half tender, gleamed in those poor, faded blue eyes. "Never mind that now Henrietta. It will be a terrible thing if any ill-natured stories go about concerning poor dear Christian." "It will, and therefore I am determined, for your brother's sake, to sift the story to the very bottom. |